Vanadium (V)-induced neurotoxicity in the rat central nervous system: A histo-immunohistochemical study

Drug and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 329-344

  Garcia, Graciela Beatriz ^a   Biancardi, Maria Eugenia ^a   Quiroga, Ariel Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Astrogliosis; Heat shock protein 70; NADPH diaphorase; Neurotoxicity; Oxidative stress; Vanadium

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; PROTEIN S 100; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; VANADATE SODIUM; VANADIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN REGION; CELL DAMAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; S100 PROTEINS; VANADATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 23244459017     PISSN: 01480545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/DCT-200064496     Document Type: Article

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